Electric-motor controller.



- No. 893236. PATENTED JUNE 23, 1908. r

' J. DILLON.

I ELECTRIC MOTOR CONTROLLER.

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No. 891,236. PA'TENTED JUNE '23, 1908.

I J. DILLON. ELEGTRIG'MOTOR CONTROLLER.

Airmpulon 11.21) JUNE 24.1904.

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No. ,ssLzss. PATENTED JUNE 23,1908.

- J. DILLON.

'ELEGTRIG MOTOR CONTROLLER.

APPLICATION FILED Jun: 24,1904.

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No. 891,236. PATENTED JUNE 23, 1908.

I J. DILLON. ELECTRIC MOTOR-CONTROLLER.

APPLICATION rum) Jun: 24,1904.

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said controller is operated.

mr" STATES JOHN. DILLON, or MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, ASSIGNOR TO THE BAR H ELEVATOR coMrANYj PATENT OFFICE.

. OF MILWAUKEE, WLSCONSIN, A CORPORATION OF WISCONSIR.

' Emerald-Moron con'rnoLLEa' a Specification 0! Letters Patent.

.Patented June 23, 1908.

' Application and Jane M, 1904. sci-m No. 213,973.

To all it concern: 4

Be it known that 1, JOHN DILLON, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Milwaukee, in the countyof Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Electric-Motor Controllers; and I do hereby declare that; the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof. y M invention-has for its object to rovide a sa e and absolutely reliable means or' controlling an electric motor in various applications of the same, especially when the motor is subjected to frequent starts, stops and large powers, the controller constituting said invention being especially useful in conjunction with electric-elevator mechanism and its motor to overn start, stop, reverse an running spec of the elevator-car from which "Inview of the foregoing,

consists in what is hereinafterparticularly set forth with reference to the accompanying drawings and subsequently claimed.

Figure 1 of the drawings represents an elevation of one side ofan electric-motor controller in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2, an elevation of the other side of the controller; Fig. 3, a partly sectional view of a fragment of the controller; Fig. 4, a detail sectional view indicated by line 44in' Fig. 2; -Fig. 5, a-diagram illustrating said controller in connection with an electric-motor, and Fig. 6,;a detail view indicated by line 66 in Fig. 3. 7

Referring by letter and numeral to the drawingsfA A, indicate front and rear walls or slabs of a base structure, the same being preferably of insulating material through which eirtends a rock-shaft B that is actuated by any suitable means. In the" preferred application of my invention, the rocksaid rock-shaft controls the movable eler mentsof various switches.'

Rigid on the rock-shaft or otherwise arranged In connection therewith, to have wall A of the base structure, is a switch-arm divided longitudinally into th'ree sections insulated one from another and constituting with its adjacent cdntacts what is herein termed the primary switch; The arm-secmy invention 'tions a respectively indicated by D, c, D, the section 0 being a hub engaged by the rock-shaft, and the other sections D, D, are

mary-switch arm are on the wall A of the base-structure in pairs d d, and d d, in the arc, of movement of the blade D, and pairs 11" d, and d' d in the arc of movement of the blade D. Each blade closes on both contacts of either pair-associated therewith. Supported on the rock-shaft B in proximity to' the wall A of the ,base structure is the movable arm of what is herein termed the reversing-switch, but which in'eflect-is an association of switches, and said arm comprises five alinedsections indicated by F, G, e, G

tion e being a hub on said rock-shaft and the other sections are hereinafter termed blades. On the wall A in the arc of movement of the blade F are two pairs of contacts f f and f f adapted to be brought into circuit with the primary-switch, as hereinafter described, said blade being normally closed on one or the other pair of said contacts. The blade G is always closed on anelongated contact 9 upon the wall A, and separated contacts 9 g, are on said well in the arc of movement of said blade. The blade G is alwa s closed on an elongatedcontact h upon tie wall A and separated contacts h *h on said-wall are in the arc of movement of said blade.

It is to be noted that the angular measure me nt of the contactsf and f f is less than. that of, the contacts 9 g and h" h", so that when the reversing-switch arm is moved is broken by blade-F earlier than by G, G, and again established earlier by G, G than by blade F, the object of this result. being hereinafter apparent. ,On'. the wall A in the-arc of movement of the;blade H are two pairs of contacts i i. and i i, and these contacts in conjunction with devices hereinafter. specified constitutea reversible automatic slow-down switch'.

A lost motion connection is established between the arm of the primar -'switch and movement'with the same iii-proximity to the that of the reversing-snitch, This connectionmay be had in various ways, one we as l herein shown, being to'make the hublo the primary switch-jarm f as t'onthe rock-shaft B, l and provide 'the'hub of the reversing-switch arm with a segmental play notch engaged by blades-'alined in opposite directions from the. hub.- The contacts associated with the priand H, insulated one from another,the secfrom one to the other limit of throw, contact blades blades;

a crank lug e of a collar e" also fast on said shaft and constituting. the hubof a crank I". The extent of lost motion permitted by the connection of the reversing-switch arm 5 with the shaft B is sucl r tl1at, assuming both the primary and reversingfswitches to be at one limit of movement,'actuation' of the primaryeswitch arm'to midposition of its movement does not: disturb the reversingthe time-switch-armefore it commences its passage over the points of resistance s'eries 'a" relatively long platejmiin alinement wit he plates k .k' k flxandia parallel continuous late m". i

' switch arm Iand arranged whenthe arm is 1 in-a raised inactive position to make elec 'trical connection between two stationary conpoints pp'.- l I 5' Means are provided for insuring the return jof-the time-switch arm to raised or inactive .position each time the motor device is stopped, and for occasioning automatically the'e'xcursion of said arm to operating position'wh'en the motor is started. With refere nc e to Fi 2, wherein I have shownan arbit'rary 'weig t-im elled time-switch, the arm I thereof is provi ed with a lateral projection '11 with which enga es the longitudinall slotted -end of a link-rotl -I the lower end w ereof is pivoted '1 to the crank 1, fast upon the shaft B.

' M indicates a dash ot, the plunger where of is connected b r0 .to'the time-switch- '50 arm-I, and i'in icates a branch of said arm -provideil with a pin 11" with which is ada ted -to engag e a hook n mounted on a rock-s aft N extendingthrough the boards A, A, and 'provid ed on its opposite extremity with a s5 crank arm n, associated with a movable member of one of the main line relay-switches O, to be described, so that when the movable elements of-said relay-switch is brought to wcincuit closing position, the crank arm n is I so =mo'ved'to actuate-the hook to eleasing posi-'.

- tion. 5 'fThe slottedend of link forms a stop, i adjustable by the car operatgr, to control the sweat downward segments associated with. blade K are three plates klc k, arran ed to be swept over by' I movement-of the arm I."

dqfiribed is such that the determined, arbitrary time, but said arm may, ifdesired, be associated with the electric-motor devices so that its sweep is made start of the motor, the field connections will differ somewhat from these shown, and the to;full speed, or a time positively insulation aforesaid will be necessary to derive the full benefit from the field resistance.

Mounted u on the wall A are one or more I motor 18 also shownniounted' on said wall. These relay-switches maybe ofany'suitable' construction and I have I herein shown them all alike, each 'comptising a solenoid and a .p co,re,therein 09. 'ng two bridge bars one {FL indicates abridge'car'ried by the time 0 provided'with car 11 contacts and the other with metallic contact surfaces, arranged for coaction with respective carbon and me tallic station contact points and normally, or when the so enoids are dnergized, standingin open position. As shown'in the diagram Fig. 5, the core of main-line relayswitch O carries on its. upper end a bridge bar arranged, when the relay is denergized "and the-core down, to close circuit through two contacts; and a. In" said diagram, it is shown that the series field cut- 'out relay Q is preferably associated with a single throw switch q, so that when the solenoid of this relay is energized, the core or stem of same moves the switch g from position of contact with its front contact.

In operation, the devices described are associated with a motor R, and the automatically reversing slow-down above lows; Commencing at the left with the positive fwire that 'in practice has connection with a suitable source of electrical su ply, not shown, the circuit maybe-traced by wanel ,to-contact-point o of main-line relayasp and from the other contact-point nelaiyswitizh by ,2,

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' connected to the series field windings r of the and 0, current versing its shunt field 7" having one end connected to the switch are connected by wire 3, and the re' the source of electrical suppl .switch. The continuous segment j of the its contact points, itcuts resistance into the 'the resistances T, T, and T to the contact 9 of themotor-reversing porl tion of the reversin -switch, when relay switch 0 is closed. he short contacts g and h on opposite sides of the reversingmainin short contacts g and h are con-- nected y wire 4. The connected contacts h and g, h', are connected respectively b wires 5 and 6 to the left and right brushes of the motor R. i Frorn'the'long contact It extends awire 7 motor R from which the circuit continues by wire 8 through a series of arbitrary starting resistances T T and T and thence by wire 9' to the contact point 0 of the'main line repoint 0 thereof, when closed, by Wire 10 to When the reversing-switch armbridges contact segments g g and k h and the main line circuitis closed by the relay-switches 0 will donate the motorR over wiresl, 2, 3,5, entering said rnotcr at the left brush, and will return by wires 6,. 7, 8, 9, 10,- while-iii the reversing-switch arm be thrown to its other limit of movement so that its blades G-and Gf. bridge the contacts 9 g and h h current will'flewthrough said motor from the ri ht brush to the left thereby reirection of rotation, The motor R is compound" wound, its

wire9-by wire 11 and its other end connected by wire-=12 to the upper end of resistance series j of the heosiat element of the timerheostat is connected by wire 13 with segment 'm of the time-switch which inturn 18 connected by wire 14 -to reversin -switch contact 9 forming part of the main ine circuit. It will be apparent now that when the time switch'arm I is in elevated initial position, no arbitrary extraneous resistance is in the sl1unt-field circuit, but when the said arm is released and travels .down over shunt field circuit, thereby weakening the field of, force in the motor and enabling the latter to speed up. The motor-brushes are connected by wires y and y respectively with contacts as, 1:, of the circuit-closer carried by relay switch 0, so that when the relay is deenergized the motor is short-circuited'. A resistance 3/ is preferably included in wire I have provided for cutting out successively by providing a normally open short-circuit around each of the said resistances, as indicated at t, t, and t, and arran ing the resistance cut-out relay switches P, and P", to successively close said shunt" circuits. I also arrange'the series-field cut-out relay-switch Q in a circuit resistance cut-out relays P, P and connected respectively such that when said relay is energized it provides a short-circuit around the series field 1' of the motor R and all of the resistance T, T TII v I v- To provide for successively energizing the P", the segments k k, and k of the time-switch are 17, with the solenoids of relays P, P and P,

by wires 15, 16, and

the opposite terminal of each of said solenoids being connected withtthat portion of the corresponding cut-out shunt t, t or t. which is connected with the main line wire 9. The continuous contact segment m of said time switch, is connected, as heretofore described,

by wire 14 with the reversing-switch contact 9, which it will be remembered is directly connected with the'positive side of the mam line circuit. Hence it apparent that as the time-switch arm'I descends, it successively connects the wires, .15 ,'16,a-nd 1 7, with the wire, 14, thereby successivel com leti the circuit through the solenoi s I, an P", to likewise cut out the resistance T, T ,-T". The contact segment m of the time-switch seriesis connecte by wire 18, to thesolenoid of the series fieldcutroutrelayQ andapivot'al gravity switch-blade q is normall closed on a contact terminal of saidsolenoi lifting ath of'the bridge-core of'said relay. The so enoid contact is connected to wire 20 containing in series therewitli'a lamp or other resistance and this wire is connected to'the switch-blade that is also connected, by wire 19, to one o the' contacts of the relay Q. This contact of the relay is connected to the wire 9 and the other contact of said relay is connected by wire 21 with the reversing. switch contact h, which, it will be noted is directly connected to the wire 7 Whenthe switch-blade g is down, the lamp or other re sistance aforesaid is cut out, but when said blade is lifted said resistance is cut in. i

It will be apparent that before the timeswitch arm I completes its sweep, it contacts with thesegment m and includes the solenoid of the series-field cut-out relay Q, in a shunt between wires 2 and 9, which may be traced,

as follows: wire 2, contact 9, wire 14', segment m, se ment m, wire 18, sole'noid of relay-switch switch q, wire 19, back to wire 9. Thesolenoid bridge-arms close on the contacts of saidrelay and establish a short circuit between wires? and 9, through the contact h, wire 21, relay bridge, and wire 19 to the .wire 9. This short-circuit, it will be seen, cuts out of the maincircuit the seriesfield winding r'of' the motor, and all of the resistance T, T and- The relays O and() are arranged in a derived-circuit controlled by the primary-switch arm, connections being made as-follows: 22-indicates a wire extending from wire 1 to and including theinner contacts d" d, of the primary-switch. The corresponding contacts (1" and d of'the respective pairs are connected together and tobeinthe relays O and O in parallel,

connected contacts of the connected by wire 28 wit the wire 10. A

. when the actuati A f 1 verse the motor, 't e derived-circuitforfthe' between the points p and Y flows through the resistance (by the wire 23) to the inner connected contactsf,f, of the reversing-switch. The connected outer contact-s and f of the reversingswitch are connecte to wire 24 which divides into two branches 25 and 25'", including the windings of. solenoids of the and from the respectively point of reunion of the branches the timeswitch arm I, but insulated therefrom. The remaining contact 1) is connectedby wire 27 with both of the inner connected iimaryswitch contacts d and d, and t e other airs d and d are tends wire 26 to the contact associated 10 with the bridge .piece L carried y .resistance U is connected between the wires 26 and 27.. a

If the primary-switch arm be thrown to d circuit closing position in relation to either of its pairs of contacts, and the reversing-v switch arm is in osition tobridge its con? tacts f, orf f, t e derived'circuit is closed across the main linewires ,1 to 10 to include,

5 in parallel the solenoids of the relays O and 0" which latter are'energized tocause their complete the circuit through It will here benoted that shaft B-is movedto rebridge pieces to the main line.

rela s of the main line is opened bla e F of the reversingswitch a1rn contacts-f or ,;and is not again-pics said aim again brid es one or tlfether'pair 1 contacts.

reversing-switch are never b ned out.

11: will be remembered'tha't the construction illustrated is such that the lifting of the selenoid core of the relay 0 trips theshook n said arm so it is able to descend under the influence of gravity over its contact devices. Consequently the de'riyed circuit is broken p, and current By this means it will be apparent that I amenabled to supply a relatively strong current to the solenoids of the main line-relay-switches to actuate them to closed position and thenreduce the current supply to relatively small amount just suflicient to maintain the relays in closed position. It will also be remembered that the mechanical arrangement is 66 such that the movement of the primaryswitch arm-from one circuit closing position to another likewise actuates the reversingswitch arm, so that current is supplied to the motor and the latter started whenever both of said arms are in circuit-closing osition and the time switch arm lifted to ort-circuit the resistance U, It will be apparent that the descent of the time-switch arm I over its associated contact devices, (whether os 'saidjarm be actuated by connectionwith the ence thecontac'ts of -the' 4. (which ordinarily maintains the time-switcharm I against movement) thereby releasing quently celerate the speed of the motor.

the main circuit all of t motor or in the arbitrary mechanical manner herein suggested) closes in succession the various sub-circuits to successivel energize the resistance cut-.out rela s P, P, so that the latter successively clbse the short circuits controlled thereby to cut out the starting resistances T, T and T", and then closes the energizing circuit of the series-fieldcut- -m.it' the progressive increase in the uantity of current supplied-to the motor an conse- :increase its speed, and then to weakenthe field of force by the elimination of the field-magnet windmg, to further ac- At a suitable time with reference to these actions,-the time-switch also begins to cut into the shunt field of the motor resistance, com rising part of the rheostat devices, to fart er" weaken the field-magnet and accelerate the rotation" of the motor armature to maximum speed.

Should it be desired to stop the motor, the

operator moves the shaft B so that the mary switch arm clears contacts (1 d" time-switch arm I is returned to initial position by further movementof the shaft. The o )erations just specified are done without disturbing'the'reYersifig-switch, by virtue of the'lost motion connection between the arms of the primary and reversing switches. The

breaking of the derived circuit denergizes the relavs O, 0', whose bridge-pieces immediately drop, so that relay 0 restores the hook n to position for engagement with the time-switch arm and the relayO moves the bridge Xinto contact with its points 2:, :c',

thereby short-circuiting the motor armature. The armature of course continues to rotate by reason of its momentum, but the motor now operates as'a generator. and, as is well known, exercises a braking effect tending to stop its associated mechanism. It will be noted after a break in the main circuit caused by a movement of the primary-switch arm toward its mid-position, the motor cannot be again started until' the time-switch arm has been restored to initial position to cut into e safe-guard re-. sistance T T, T, and ti series field o the motor. This action is due to the fact that when the main circuit is broken by the ri mary-switch and the bridges of the main e relay-switches O and 0' fall away-from their contacts, they can not be reattracted to circuitlclosing position by the small current whichPasses through the resistance U, of the d d'to thus break the derived'circuit. The

derived-circuit, and therefore, it is necessary to close the bridge L of the time-switch arm upon its'contacts'p-and p to short-circuit rcsistance U before the main line can be closed by its relay-switches. By this means I insure the inclusion in the main line circuit of the series winding of the motor and the safe guarding resistance each time the motor is started. 7 It will be apparent, however, that 10 as a stop connection is rovided between the actuating shaft B and 1: 1e time-switch arm I, the descent of said arm ma be stopped, or said arm may be moved bacl; to any point of,- its excursion over short contact segments of the resistance series at the will of the operator, and the speed of the motor thereby controlled, the proportions of the contacts of the primary-switch being sufficient to ermit the necessary movement of the she t B to accomplish such adjustment of the timeswitch arm, Without effecting a rupture of the derived-circuit, or the circuit through relay-switch Q. While the device'thus described is a completely operative structure, I prefer to pro- .vide in conjunction therewith an automatic slow-down switch, arranged to perform its function as the elevator-car approaches predetermined pointsenera'lly the.limits of so its excursion-and adapted to close a short circuit around the resistance in series with the motor shunt field. I

In Fig. 5, 29 indicates a wire connecting the upper segment of the rheostat series 7' and twocont acts s and s of the slow-down device. The remaining contacts s ands are connected by wires 30 and 31 respectively, to

relays O in accordance with the the outer segments 1'. and 'i/ of the reversingswitch, The inner segments 1'. and i of said switch are connected togetherand to the cont'act-se ment 1 of the rheostat by wire 32. It will e apparent now that when the bridge S connects a pair of-contacts s or s and reversing-switch blade H is on contacts 1'. or i current coming through the shunt field circuit upon the time-switch segment 7" finds its way to the uppermost section of the resistance segment by way of the wire 32, reversing-switch lade .H, wire or 31, bridge 5 and wire 29 without passing through the resistance coils of the resistance segment In this way thestrength of" the shunt field. is increased and the s ,ee'd of the motor corres ondingly slowed When the blade is moved into contact with segments 11, i, the short circuit described is broken and I the device setfor o eration when bridge S reaches its Othfilfllllfllt bf travel. is shown movablele 1 thwise of a screw driven by Tany'suitable means, and the move i ment'of saidbridge in either .direction is in time with the movement of the elevator-car. I also provide in conjunction with my device a brake sole 'd V, included-- in a. shunt cir-" 'ploy a device-for short-circuiting the motor I claim as new, and .desire to secure by 'ters-Patent, isi- The bridge "cluding the electro-magnetic elements of -said cuit 33 connected to the bridge pieces of the and 0,. .In practice this solenoid opposes the action of'a 5 ring, tendingt0-- normally set the brake so t at as long as the main line circuit is closed the brake is thrown off, and .when the main line circuitfis open the brake is spring applied. The brake mechanism I'do not deem it necessary to show. I

While I have shown two main line relay switches O and O" in the two legs of the main line circuit, it will be a parnt'that one of them might be omitte andsthat whilel have shown thre'e'resistance cut out relayswitches P, l? and P" and threeresistance coilsT, T and T. 'n the line, more or less rela switches and correspondingresistmice 00' might be employedandconnected teachings: of my invention. -It:,will also..;beapparentthat numerous other"cha.n%e: in the rnbodi'ment of my invention may made withoutdepart-iand scope thereof. o summarize it will be' seen that in'my system I- provide a mainline circuit 'normally including in series therein safeguarding starting-resistance and t e series fieldof a. compound wound motor, and-cbntrolle'dfby' one or more main line relay-svgitches, a derived-circuit including the-ma n line relays and controlled by a primary-switch, relayswitches for cutting out the-'starting-resistances and the series field of the motor, coningrfrom thespirit trolled by an automatic time-switch} a mo- I tor shunt ,field circuit inwhichzresistance may be included by the operation of the. time-switch, subsequently to the cutt ng out of 'the starting resistances d the motor se ries field; and a reversing-switch for the motor. I furtherprovide and. preferably em- 10. whenever the mamcircuit,is broken, are versible, automatic slow-down switch, in conjunction with the reversing "switch, and operativeto short circuit the resistance 1n-, terposed .in the motor shunt field by the time-switch whenthe elevator reaches pre'- determined points in its excursion, and,various economizin and safe uarding resistance devices adapte to be inc uded in the series fielIdcuikout rela'y circuit and the derived main line relay-actuat' circuit.

Having describe my invention, what 1'. In an'electric-motor controller, a main circuit'arranged for connection with,the motor, a relay-switch on each side of the motor devices controlling said main circuit, a die rived-circuit from .the mainline circuit inswitches, and a pr1mary-s'witch controlling said derived circu1t..

3 2'."-In an electric-motor controller, a main circuit arranged for supplying current to the motor armature, a

relay-switch controlling the main circuit, and means associated with said relay-switch for short-circuiting the armature when the relay-switch is actuated to open-the main circuit.

3. In an electric-motor controller, a main circuit for supplying current to the motor, a relay-switch controlling the main circuit, and a. brake solenoid connected to the relay switch for control thereby.

4. In an electric-motor controller, a main circuit for supplying current to the motor, a relay-switch for controlling the main circuit on each side of the motor devices, and a brake solenoid connected at opposite terminalsto the relay-switches to be thereby eon- E, nected to the main circuit when the latter is closed by the said relay-switches.

, 5. In combination with a motor having a 'shunt windin a main circuit for supply ng .2 current to t a motor, a motor-reversing switch, a resistance arranged to be included in the shunt field circuit of the motor, a resistance-short-circuiting switch having two sets of contacts, and a short circuit around 1 the resistance controlled by the reversing- 1 switch to include either pair of contacts of the short circuiting switch.

6. In'an electric-motor controller, a reversing-switch, and means in conjunction with said switch for automatic predeter-.

mined short-circuiting of resistance arranged and connected to be included in the shunt- 'fie1d of the motor.

7. In an electric-motor controller, a reversin -switch, a time-switch in conjunction witht e reversing-switch for cutting resistance into series with the shunt field of the motor, and means also inconjunction with said reversing-switch for automatic predeter- 40 mined short-circuiting of said resistance.

8. In an electric-motor controller, a reversing-switch in main circuit, a time-switch in circuit through. the reversin -swit'ch for cuttin resistance into-series wit theshuntfield o? the motor, a primary-switch, and a relay-switch having the electro-magnetic element thereof in a circuit controlled by the primary and reversing switches and operative, to make and break the main circuit.

9'. In an electric-motor controller, a reversing-switch in main circuit, a time-switch in circuit through the reversin -switchfor cuttinmresistance into series wit 1 the shuntfield oi the motor, means inronjunction. with 5:, said reversing-switch for automatic predetermined. short-circuiting of said resistance, a primary-switch, and a relayswitch having the electro-magnetic element thereof controlled by the primary and reversing switches 00 and operative to make and break the main circuit. -i

10. In an electric-motor controller, a reversing-switch in main circuit, a time-switch in circuit through the reversing-switch, start- 5 ing-resistance relay-switches having their mg-resistance relay-switches ;hav'

electro-magnetic elements in circuits through the reversing and time-switches, a primary'" switch, another relay switch having its electro-ma netic element in a circuit controlled by t e reversing and primary switches and operative to make and break the main circuit, and resistance arranged and connected to be cut into series with the shunt-field of the motor by'said time-switch.

11. In an electric-motor controller, a reversing-switch in main circuit, a'time-switch in circuit through the reversing switch, startin -resistance relay-switches having their e ectro-magnetic elements in circuits through the reversin and time switehes, a

rirnary-switch, another relay-switch having its electro-magnetic element in a'circuit eon- I trolled by the reversing and primary switches and operative to make and break the main circuit, a resistance in a short-circuit with the circuit of the last aforesaid relay-switch,-

means in conjunction with the time-switch for making and breaking said short-circuit, and resistance arran ed'and connected to be cut into series with t e shunt-field of the motor by said time-switch.

12.- -In an electric-motor controller, a reversing switch in main circuit, a time-switchin circuitthrough the reversing-switch, startt eir electro-magnetic elements in circuits t ough the reversin and time switches, a primary switch, anot er relay-switch having its elec tro-magnetic element in a circuit controlled I by the reversin and operative to ma e an cuit, a resistance in short-circuit with the circuit of the last aforesaid relay-switch, means (primary switches and break the main cirin conjunction with the time-switchfor making and breaking said short circuit, latchmechanism for holding the-movable element of the time-switch in initial position to close the aforesaid short-circuit, means forreleas 'ing the latch-mechanism coincident with closin of the main-circuit, and resistance arrange and connected to be cutmto series with the shunt-field of the motor .by said I time-switch.

13. In an electric-motor controller, a reversing-switch'in main circuit, a time-switch in circuit through the reversing-switch, startingresistance relay-switches having the r eleetro-magnetic elements in circu'itst ough the reversin and time switches, a primaryswitch, anotier relay-switch having its electro-magnetic element in a circuitcontrolled by the reversing and rimary switches and operative to make an break the main cirwit, a resistance in short circuit with the circuitpf the last aforesaid relay-switch, means in conjunction with the time-switch for making and breakingithe' short-circuit, resistance arranged and connected to be cut. into series with the shunt-field of the motor a by said time-switch, and means irfconjunction with said reversing-switch for automatic predetermined short circuiting of the shunt-field resistance.

14. In an electric-motor controller, a main 5 circuit, a relay-switch a circuit for the electro-magnetic element of said relay-switch, a primary switch operative independently of the motor reversm switch to control the last said circuit, an a second switch for the last said circuit arranged relative to the motor reversing switch to open its circuit prior to the operation of said motor reversing switch to reverse the connections of the motor in the main circuit. a 15 15. In a controller forelectric motors, the

combination with a motor, of a controller shaft, means for ((xiperating said'shaft, reverslng means for sai shaft, a'contaot arm controlled by said shaft, solenoids controlled by said contact arm, and a'variable resistance in circuit with said mo tor and controlled by said solenoids.

motor controlled by said I I.

In testimony that I. claim the foregoing}- have hereunto set my hand at Milwaukee in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin in the presence of two witn'esses.' JNO. DILLON.

Witnesses: N. E. OLIPHANT, Geo; W. YOUNG. 

